Serious Men

Ayyan Mani (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is a Dalit assistant to Dr. Arvind Acharya (Nassar), an astronomer who looks down on him, and he has spent years resenting how far down he is made to sit. When his young son Adi (Aakshath Das) is hailed as a boy genius, Ayyan sees a way up and starts steering the boy's fame. Sudhir Mishra follows him as he guards that secret and his son's gift, and the lie starts to cost him.